One cup of sugar....oh...make it two, cup of Karo syrup, the honey looks a little past it's best, I can clear that out of the pantry...carrot, grate some apple, throw in a little flour oats and some barn yard grain roll into sweet sticky balls and into the oven ! On the home front, I am becoming quite the Cookie Guru but nothing I have created for the cookie tin is as appreciated quite so much as Misty Moo appreciates my "oat thingys" down in the cow barn. Misty Moo the adorable Jersey "heifer in waiting" is addicted. One rustle of a zip lock bag and I have got her undivided attention, one sticky cookie and she closely resembles my reaction when I'm given a chocolate and hazelnut Fero Rocher. Misty is currently under training. Clearly her udder was ticklish or just plain out of bounds and, with a mini Misty due in March and the milky bar already distending, it was time to desensitize her bits in readiness for her graduation from heifer to blossoming family milk cow. An extra item has been added to our agenda, Misty teat tweaking. With her head buried in a grain bucket and me at her head, armed with a sticky cow cookie as a secondary diversion, Greg has the dodgy kicking end, Misty Moo has been an angel, Greg pulls and strokes and rubs the swelling udder....Misty is blissfully pre occupied. Food and cookies...I guess it's an age old tactic for child therapy and currently, I'm a supporter ( as least for our four legged friends with the ability to send us into orbit with one crafty and well aimed kick). Daisy Mae passed another uneventful Thursday....the valley didn't echo with her frantic and endless wanton calls. Her benign mood and blessed silence are good signs that Pixie Forest Mulder's visit to the farm was a productive one. If all goes well in the cow barn, a mini me Daisy Mae will be born on ( or around) September 4th. Misty Moo's calf is due on the 24th of March...doubtlessly we will keep you informed !
It was a BAD day for Bran the Border Collie! The farm truck has a very distinct odor. It isn't horse, sheep cow chicken or turkey .....although, I guess in truth it was possibly all five. I can, without hesitation prove that the air freshener that can turn a rancid room into a Spring garden and a trash bag filled taxi into a perfumed boudoir doesn't work in our truck !!! Bran STANK ! The dog is a farm dog and I acknowledge that the farm is not the place for a clean dog ....BUT !! Bran will roll in the manure pile and lie in the black smelly pooh/pee soup . The fecal mess congealed in his tail, glued to his legs and collected in the hair on his tummy and he was just getting worse by the day. On Tuesday a very reluctant Bran was bathed, in the sink with warm water and soap. The snags and pooh balls were hacked out of his tangled coat and Bran the Border Collie was NOT Impressed. Just to add insult to injury, he got a blow dry. The resultant sparkly clean, scalped canine now smells of.....just dog ! Poor Bran.
Well, the cuckoo clock is ticking down and it's about time to post this entry. Take care, keep safe M
It was a BAD day for Bran the Border Collie! The farm truck has a very distinct odor. It isn't horse, sheep cow chicken or turkey .....although, I guess in truth it was possibly all five. I can, without hesitation prove that the air freshener that can turn a rancid room into a Spring garden and a trash bag filled taxi into a perfumed boudoir doesn't work in our truck !!! Bran STANK ! The dog is a farm dog and I acknowledge that the farm is not the place for a clean dog ....BUT !! Bran will roll in the manure pile and lie in the black smelly pooh/pee soup . The fecal mess congealed in his tail, glued to his legs and collected in the hair on his tummy and he was just getting worse by the day. On Tuesday a very reluctant Bran was bathed, in the sink with warm water and soap. The snags and pooh balls were hacked out of his tangled coat and Bran the Border Collie was NOT Impressed. Just to add insult to injury, he got a blow dry. The resultant sparkly clean, scalped canine now smells of.....just dog ! Poor Bran.
Well, the cuckoo clock is ticking down and it's about time to post this entry. Take care, keep safe M
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